At first glance, parking might seem like a mundane topic, but Dr. Donald Shoup shows us it is anything but. In this episode, we explore how parking policies shape our cities, influence our daily lives, and even contribute to a societal Stockholm syndrome with cars. Join us as we uncover the hidden consequences of where and how we park, and why it matters more than you might think. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From ChatGPT to AI generated art, a lot has changed since we recorded our first geography of AI episode in 2022. It seems like in just 18 months the entire AI space has transformed. We made this follow-up episode with Dr. Pierre-Alexandre Balland to better understand these changes and what they could mean going forward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Busses, bikes, trains, trams…. Aerial cable cars? In cities with uneven geographies of both physical and socio-economic kinds, can aerial cable cars solve the age old problem of urban mobility? In this episode we chat with Santiago Cardona Urrea, PhD candidate in urban geography and aerial cable car researcher. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everybody poops, but what happens next? In this episode, we sit down with Chelsea Wald, author of Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet to learn about the past, present, and future of the toilet, and of course, how embedded it is in our everyday geographies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Humans have been migrating for just about as long as we’ve been humans. While migration is nothing new, it remains one of the most politically charged topics in the world. To help guide us through the tricky world of migration and its seemingly infinite categories, we’ve invited Dr. Ilse van Liempt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever been in a conversation about crypto and realized you have no idea what anyone’s talking about? Well, us too. In this episode we discuss the history and development of crypto, policies surrounding it and if it’s truly possible for anything to be “decentralized”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To say that inequality is a hot button topic these days is an understatement. But while the concept may seem straightforward, the ways in which we think about and approach inequality are much more variable than meets the eye. In this episode we talked about the fractality of inequality and how its distribution is not as simple as we may think. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why is Paris a hub for fine arts and Vienna for classical music? The simple answer: migration. In this episode we chat with Phillip Koch, whose research uses Wikipedia data of famous people from the last 1000 years to demonstrate how these cities came to be. Do you want to know more about Philipp's research? The paper can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's no secret that we have more data than ever before, or that we have more ways to analyze it today than at any point in history. But how are we using seemingly unrelated data to measure intangible concepts in our world? In this episode, we chat about how companies and academics use everything from flight data, Twitter word analysis, satellite imagery and much more in creative and unexpected ways to answer questions we once believed were unanswerable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

In the first episode of this new miniseries, Zenne and Ronni talk about a powerful strategy designers use to influence your behavior in every space you occupy. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Introducing our new sub-series: little bit of everything where you’ll hear Zenne and Ronni chat, learn and discuss smaller topics within the field of geography. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why do most modern innovations come from places like Silicon Valley? And why does it seem like every major city is trying to replicate that success? In this podcast, we talk with Professor Carolina Castaldi, an expert on the geography of innovation to discover the good, the bad, and the unsustainable of innovation. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the help of Martin Ziegler, we use the ocean as a time machine and travel 50 million years back in time. We explore how changes in climate have influenced human development and what modern climate change could mean for the future of Earth and its inhabitants. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's no secret that climate change is changing the availability of water. Each year we hear of more unprecedented droughts and floods that threaten our survival. To figure out how to deal with these pressing problems, we invited global water scarcity expert, Dr. Michelle van Vliet. We talk about our changing water use, how water and energy are inextricably linked, and why this global problem asks for locally tailored, creative solutions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out...

It seems that over the last 10 years the concept of “artificial intelligence” has invaded every part of our lives. From social media algorithms to life saving medical technologies the potential of AI to revolutionize and disrupt our society is immense. During this episode we learned about the pros, the cons, the winners and losers of this technological revolution, and considered the role geography plays within it all. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why do countries go to war? And when they do, how does it end? In this podcast we explore the importance of geography in interstate war and diplomacy with Assistant Professor of Political Science, Dr. Eric Min. We use examples from Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Palestine, Apollo Creed and Rocky Balboa, and many more to explore how states rationalize going to war, and why some conflicts seem impossible to solve. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we explore what geography actually is and how it became a scientific discipline. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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